Evan Armstrong

Evan Armstrong was a lead writer at Every who explored profit and power in technology in Napkin Math.

Dec 7, 2022

The Primary Trends I’m Investing In Next Year

China, boring AI, vertical SaaS, and Apple's power

Dec 15, 2021

The primary trends I’m investing in next year

Inflation, web3, embedded fintech, investing in people, and the newsletter winter that is coming

Sep 7, 2022

What I Learned From Being Cancer Free

Seven Years of Freedom

May 17, 2023

Meet Your New Finance Intern: GPT-4

How AI will reshape what finance professionals do

Jan 5, 2022

What the hell is going on with Lambda School?

The complicated business of selling social good

Jun 15, 2022

Selective Optimism

People who promise high returns forever are liars

Apr 10, 2025

How to Write Online

It’s less about capturing attention, and more about deserving it

Aug 30, 2023

The Internet Demands Greatness

No one cares, so take more risks

May 10, 2023

Why Are Republicans Better at Making Money on the Internet?

What consumer tech and media got wrong

Jun 1, 2022

The Inventor of the iPhone Has Some Thoughts

Build by Tony Fadell: A Review

Feb 21, 2024

AI and the Vision Pro Don’t Need a Killer App

Software that drives hardware adoption is rarer than you think

Apr 19, 2023

You Probably Shouldn’t Work at a Startup

It’s overrated—both financially and emotionally

Jun 21, 2023

AI Can Construct a Trading Strategy Now

And it means there are big changes ahead for what software can do

Jul 14, 2022

Has Venture Lost Its Soul?

A Book Review of The Power Law

Feb 28, 2025

Playing ‘Civilization 7’ Is Like Being a Ruthless Corporate Consultant

Let’s talk about the tech world’s relationship with video games

Apr 3, 2024

How I Use ChatGPT (As a Reasonable Person)

My AI awakening

Mar 22, 2023

How AI Changes the Media Business

Why community and social network effects will be key to winning the future

Jan 15, 2025

God Is in the Bubbles

The politics of progress has a new manual

Jul 8, 2024

Paramount’s Dilemma: Content Isn’t King—Distribution Is

Half a century removed from its glory days, the Hollywood giant has a new rescue plan

Mar 23, 2022

Planet of the Billion Dollar Bored Apes

Is Bored Ape Yacht Club a Decentralized Disney?

Apr 4, 2022

Twitter’s Shot at Becoming a Meme Stock

It’s Musk's world and we’re just tweeting in it

Jan 26, 2022

Will Tokens Replace Equity?

The Weird Future Ahead

Apr 7, 2022

The Futility of Utility

A personal essay

Apr 6, 2023

We Don’t Know Enough About the Pornhub Acquisition

One of the world’s most important websites was sold and nobody cares

We use analytics and advertising tools by default. You can update this anytime.